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Repljana 4

32 (a) ta ga tražìše ta

… and they searched for him …

33 (b) à

Ah –

38 (c) nè mìlice nè e ravnìšte tòj tòj kako ot tùj stràn

No, Militsa, it’s not Ravnishte. That’s more to this side.

39 (b) è nò tekà otkɤm tṛgòvište

Right, towards Tŭrgovishte.

40 (c) podi venɤ̀cɤt, podi venɤ̀cɤt

Under the cliff edge, under the cliff edge.

41 (b) ò tòj golèma dùpka

Oh, that’s a big hole!

42 (c) podi venɤ̀cɤt

Under the cliff edge.

43 (a) a be tùj bèše u tùj dùpku dèda g’òrg’a

Well yes, it was here. It was that hole Grandpa Georgi [was in].

44 (b) tòj golèma dùpka

That’s “Big Hole”.

45 (c) à ahà à tekà

Ah, aha! So that’s it.

46 (b) a òn u bunàrɤt slazìl

So it was the well that he (Georgi) went down into.

47 (c) a podi venɤ̀cɤt tàm

And [the one] under the cliff edge up there?

48 (b) a tòj podi venɤ̀cɤt kɤm tṛgòvsko golèma dùpka se zovè

The one under the cliff edge, towards Trgovishte, is called “Big Hole”.

49 (b) tekà se zovè

That’s what it’s called.

Skrŭt 1

11 (b) à tovà e vèče

Ah, that one!

12 (a) pà du put krùškata prìkaska òna ìska be

… up to the pear tree again.” Well, she wanted [this] tale, you know!

13 (b) e tovà e

That’s the one.

14 (a) əxə̀ i onà sè dotàm dotàm i nèma rabòta ne sè vɤ̀rši

Yes. And she said – And he: “To there, to there”, and no job ever got done.

29 (a) à nè nè pòdnicata às ne znàm

Ah, no. No, I don’t know [the part about the] pan.

30 (b) axà pòdnicata turìl a

Aha, [indeed] he put the pan on –

56 (b) è às tà e safsèm drùga

Well, I – this [tale] is a completely different [one].

57 (a) è takà e tàa i vičertà

Ah well, that’s how this one [goes]. [So] in the evening …

58 (RA) pòsle ši ti tì še kàžeš svòja

Afterwards you – you can tell your [version].

59 (b) àh

Eh!

63 (d) xɤ̀ às gu znàm

Ooh, I know this one.

88 (a) kət k’i vìiš vìka takvàa rabòta k’i skàčaš

When you see such a situation,” they said, “you should jump about

89 (a) vìka òro k’i ìgraš a nè vìka

and dance the horo,” they said, “and not

90 (d) ɤ̀ɤ̀

Hunh-uh

91 (a) po pèt po šès nèli na svàdbatà e takà

May you get five or six each’". But isn’t this how it should be at a wedding?

92 (d) dà a na tvà ə da da vi kàzva

Yes, but at this [point in the story] they [must] say to you

93 (d) bò bòg da vi pròste

God – may God have mercy.

94 (a) àa takà vèrno

Aha, that’s it! [You’re] right.

114 (a) grɤ̀nci napràeni takvì gərnè znàeš štò e

and these earthenware pots made – do you know what [such a] pot is?

115 (RA) znàm znàm

Yes, I know. I know.

129 (a) i srèšta dvè dàmi

And [then] he meets two ladies.

130 (d) bàbički

Old women.

131 (a) à nè

Ah – no!

132 (d) bàbičke

Old women!

133 (a) nè e bàbički

No, it’s not old women.

134 (c) tìxo seà

Quiet, now.

137 (b) slùšaj sà bàbo

Listen now, Granny’s little one.

184 (a) ì tòlkova e [laughter]

And that’s all. [laughter]

185 (d) nè ìma i òšte

No, there’s more.

187 (a) nèe tvà e

No, that’s [all there is].

190 (d) a nìj go ìmame knìga

But we have it [in] a book

191 (a) mòš mòš na knìga da e às takà go znàm

Maybe, maybe it’s in a book. [But] I know it like this.

192 (a) ni sàm go čitèla ot knìga

I haven’t read it in a book.

196 (RA) a še mi raskàžeš i tvòja tvòjata kojàto bèše drùkčija

[Now] will you tell me yours, your [story] that was different?

197 (a) kàži tì du prìkaskata drùga

[Yes,] you tell another story!

198 (b) às nèam prìkaski

I don’t have any stories [to tell].

199 (a) bab bòžo bègaš

Granny Bozha, are you leaving?

200 (c) navònka ki izlèza

I’m going to go out.

Skrŭt 3

41 (g) papùda znàiš li kakvò e

Do you know what “papuda” (mung beans) is?

45 (g) babo jà ìskaraj mu dàj mu da si svàri ednò ot

Granny, go get some for him so he can cook one of -

46 (f) nèma tùka jàs nèam

There isn’t [any] here, I don’t have [any].

47 (g) nèmaš li

You don’t?

70 (f) i na vilìgden’ prɤ̀ži jàjca jàdi togàj [laughter]

and on Easter – Fry up those eggs! Eat then! [laughter]

71 (g) štòm e imàlo jàjca

Given that there were [any] eggs, [that is].

Stakevci 1

2 (a) sɤ̀k je gràt selò zàvet

now [what used to be] the village of Zavet is a town.

3 (b) da tè go napràviha tò rùsensko

Yes, they made it [a town]. It’s in the Ruse district.

4 (a) o tò je mlògo hùbav gràt

Oh, it’s a very nice town …

8 (a) a i golèm

… and it’s big, [and] …

9 (b) ami dvè.mogìli amì a

Well, and [what about] Dve Mogili? Well?

10 (a) ravninà

… [in the] plains.

11 (b) tàm ìma selà golèmi vèče

There are big villages over there.

12 (c) tèa ùbavi selà natàtɤk

Those are nice villages over there …

13 (a) ravninà i ùlice nafsèkade opràeno

In the plains, and streets [well] laid out everywhere.

14 (c) ama za nàs si e dobrò

… but for us it’s good [where we are].

20 (a) selò zàvet dalèče e mnògo dalèče

… is the village of Zavet. It’s far, very far.

21 (c) do drùgija kràj

[It’s] at the other end [of the country].

22 (a) pètstòtin kilomètra e do kubràt a ot kubràt

It’s five hundred kilometers to Kubrat, and after Kubrat,

23 (a) na natàmo do selò zàvet ošte osemnàes devetnàes kilomètra

all the way to the village of Zavet, is eighteen or nineteen kilometers more.

24 (c) takà takà pòmnim

Right, that’s how I remember it.

41 (a) i mi ednɤ̀k nàdupči bilètɤ ne mè pità

and immediately punched my ticket. She didn’t ask

42 (a) za gdè si nì pa četè u tòa

“Where are you going?” nor did she look at this …

43 (c) à onà znàa

But she [should] know.

50 (a) i po pismòto opazì če ne otòdim kudè sɤm pošlà

and realized from the letter that I’m not going to the place I had set out for.

51 (c) če si se zbṛkàla.

That you’d gotten confused.

52 (a) zbṛkàla sɤm tòj jà si miruvà nìšto ne kazà

I’d gotten confused. He [confused me]. I stayed quiet, and didn’t say anything.

53 (a) rèko sɤ̀k kudè sprè rèjsɤt če da

I said [to myself that] when the bus stops, I’ll …

54 (c) če da sprè nèki pùt

[Surely] it will stop at some point.

72 (a) rekò abe severnjàčka sɤm severnjàčka ama

I said, “Well [yes], I’m a northerner. A northerner, but –

73 (c) ama sɤm glupàčka

“And I’m a stupid one!”

Stakevci 2

7 (a) dobrè ama lènče rèče màjko idì otkinì tàmo

Well anyway, Lenche said, “Mom, go pick [me some herb] over there.”

8 (a) za kakvò i trèbeše nè.znam

What she needed it for I don’t know.

9 (c) magdanòs

Parsley.

10 (a) ne è magdanòs tìke nò selìn a onì mu dùmu

No, it wasn’t parsley, it was hogweed, but they call it –

11 (a) òx ne mògu jà se ne mòk sètim sɤ̀g

Oh, I can’t – I can’t recall now [what they call it].

12 (b) čàkaj kakò bèše da vìdiš kakɤ̀v zòr sɤm pɤk às vidèla

Wait a minute, what was it –? Oh you should see what a hard time I’ve also had

13 (b) s tùj nèšto

with such things [ = foreign words].

25 (a) no tòj selìn ama mì ga tekà zovèmo

That’s hogweed, but here we call it by this [other name].”

26 (c) selìn ama onì go zovə̀t pa drùgo

[It’s] hogweed, but they call it something else.

27 (a) tùj se tekà kazùe

Here they call it this [other name].

30 (b) ama tè mnògo go upotrebjàvat za jàdene

They use it a lot for cooking, [don’t they?]

31 (a) ama upotrebjàvu ga natàmo mì tùj nìkoj ne upotrebjàvamo toj

They use it there, but here nobody uses it.

32 (d) tòj selìnata tàm upotrebjàvu kakò mì ovdèka kerevìzɤt u tàa xranà

They use that hogweed stuff there the way we use celery seed here [to season] food.

33 (a) ahà ahà

Ah [so that’s it]!

34 (b) za jàden’e

In cooking [= in food].

37 (a) tò si xùbavo nelì ama kòj si e svìkɤl

that’s fine of course, if you’re used to it.

38 (a) mì ne smò sviknùli tekà da jedèmo

But we never got used to eating that way.

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